UAB film students to screen work

The UAB Department of History will present “Digital City,” a screening of ethnographic filmmaking students’ work, on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. See riveting films that merge the methods of documentary filmmaking and anthropology as a way to research and represent local communities. The event will be at the McWane Science Center IMAX Theater, 200 N. 19th Street.

Admission and parking are free. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The screening begins at 7 p.m.

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